What Is The Best Gel To Do Knotless Braids ? Box Braids ? Cornrows ?

Hey, what's up welcome back to my channel, my name is ebony j on this channel. I talk about all things: beauty, hair products and just giving tips and tricks on hair. I am a natural hair stylist, so i'm going to be giving you my tips on what i use and what other people um may use that works for them. But i'm just gon na give you my opinion on these products that um i use and don't use for my clients and when i'm doing hair, braiding hair, doing faux locs or just regular, braids chrome rose. So i'm gon na go through all the braiding gels. Really. So whatever is in this, video is gon na, be based on my opinions, so don't get crazy but yeah. Let'S get started on these braiding hairs. The first one i want to point out is this: is the eco olive oil shine this right here? This is uh. It says conditioning shining and styling gel now when it smells really good um to me this does not hold a style, it definitely will revert the hair. You know if your twine is natural. I feel like this. Gel is gon na revert the hair as soon as you apply it, because this is that's what happened to me. So i can probably only use this on certain clients who may not have like um a really curly or textured curl pattern. So i can use this and get away with it um. I wouldn't recommend it if you're trying to get a style, that's you're, trying to hold for a longer time, wouldn't say that this would be the best. I'M not sure if this is oil or water-based, but the first ingredient does say water, so i'm not too sure about that, but it also has other oils like mineral oil, in it olive oil, of course, so, but the first ingredient is water. I will rate this. I will rate this one out of ten. I'M gon na give it like a four, maybe three. This could do just if i don't have any of the gel and or maybe don't have any other choice. That'S just me. The next gel i do want to talk about is the touchdown, the touchdown edge, tamer um. I think they come in different colors. I just think that they smell different. I don't think they do different things based on the color, this one um, it's like a pineapple or something yeah, it's a pineapple since um. It says edge, control, edge, tamer, ultimate touch non flaking, tames, frizz, 24-hour hold so silkier and nourishing hair rich moisture into bacterial. Perfect match for brazilian natural hair brazilian natural hair. They got me at that. I never noticed this said that, but yeah the first ingredient is water um. It does have other oils in it, not too many tea tree leaf oil and kernel oil um. I'M not seeing really any other oils really in this um aragon, oil, tea tree oil, yeah, antibacterial, rich, moisture, silky strong 24 hour hold um now to actually braid hair. Would i recommend this not so much? This might be a product that might whiten up. I have noticed that when i first used the product, it was pretty good. It didn't whiten up when i went ahead and braided with my clients, but i noticed after a while. This was something that, once i got down to the bottom of the jar and used it maybe like for a third time, it was starting to whiten up on maybe some clients, so i just stopped using it um, just because i don't need my clients, leaving with Any white cast on their hair - that's just a no, so you can definitely use this for braiding um. I mostly use it just for the edges right now, just as an edge control, just because it's a thick consistency, so it really does lay down the hair and then afterwards i go ahead with some. You can go in with got to be free spray or you can use the pump it up and just hold the style, lay down the edges and just you know, go from there, but one out of ten. What i use this for breading, not so much edges. This might can do the job, but i'll rate this one, maybe like a six one out of ten. I give this a six, so another edge control that i do and have used is the even 24 hour edge tank. This one is ultra super um, the ingredients. First thing is water, castor, oils in here i'm not reading any other oils for right now, um, i will say this does leave a white cast as well. I have used it to braid before, but i noticed over time, while i'm braiding the hair it'll start to leave a white cast, especially if it's mixing with other products it'll definitely leave a white cast if your client has is coming in and they already have an Oil in their hair, or they already have some type of moisture or something in their hair, and you mix it with this. It might leave a white cast so that i'm just saying, but it does work really good as the edge control um. Would it last all day for me it does not. I use got to be gel um, the black bottle on my own hair um, just because edge controls don't really work so i can use. I can use gels and my hair doesn't really revert back as long as it has a strong hold to it. Um when i use any edge controls, i feel like after a while they're just going to start lifting up, and it's not going to give me a super hold um like a gel, can opposed to like an edge control. Some people use edge controls to braid um. I have before i think it just depends really um but yeah. If i were to rate this one out of ten, i would give it like a six, maybe a seven just as long as it's not leaving a white cast. This could definitely get the job done and hold down the hair um to break definitely um for edges it can hold, but i don't think it's gon na hold for 24 hours. That'S just my opinion. This right here is the shine and jam magic fingers for braiders by sasha harris um. This is the extra firm whole clean part controls frizz no build up with olive oil, no alcohol good for natural hair. The first ingredient is water, of course, um. It does have mineral oil, olive fruit, oil and it's looking like the only oil i see on here um, but i will say this definitely does what it says. It definitely is no frizz firm holds no build up and it definitely is good for clean parts. If you want your parts to look clean this right here, yeah the shiny jam finding jam, i use this one, the most um. This is always my go-to um. They also have shine and jam another one that i'm going to show you guys, but i prefer this one. This one has a stronger hold when it comes to holding the style or holding the hair in a stretch, it kind of stretches the hair in a way while i'm braiding - and i kind of like put it in the hair and then i'll brush it down, and Then i'll keep on braiding um. You just want to make sure i think, while using this, i try not to use too much. I just use enough to get the client's hair um. You know not straightened out. I don't want to use that word stretched out so that i can lay the not the edges, the hair flat into the style um. What i use it says edge control. No, i would not use it as edge control. I don't think it would. Last long on edges, but i do think that it has a really good hole when it comes to braids. So i would definitely use this, especially if you want those clean parts. Definitely if i rate this one out of time right now, this is probably going to be a 8.59 okay. So this is my absolute go-to. This is the main thing that i use for all of my clients, and this does not leave a white cast whatsoever, which is a must no white cast. You don't want your clients, leaving out with the white cast. I mean to go based off the last edge control i was just talking about. This is also a shining jam. This shiny jam has as extra hold conditioning gel now, the conditioning it doesn't say, conditioning gel on this one, but it does say it on this one and when i think about conditioning gel, i think about that. It'S going to be super oily. I don't know why. That'S just how i think of it and which they are um. This one is extra hole with ox. It also has honey in it. So when i use this, i feel like this immediately gets oily as soon as i use it. I only use it on clients that maybe their hair doesn't revert as fast or as much. I don't use this um on clients whose hair reverts fast when it touches water um. So i don't use this on all of my clients. I just use it on some of my clients. You know if their hair doesn't really revert that fast. I can go ahead and put it in and install it and it'll definitely still hold the style that shine and jam works really good. This one. The maiden ingredient is also water um, it does have oil in it. Honey extract mineral oil. This definitely will add moisture to your style. If you're somebody who has maybe um problems with moisture and retaining moisture in your hair, this will definitely leave moisture in your hair to make sure that when you're doing a protective style that it'll leave moisture in your hair and leave your hair protected as well. So i definitely rate this also, maybe like a eight, not a nine just because it doesn't really hold like i needed to, but it definitely works really good. This is going to be the last gel i talked about. This is the edge booster now edge. Booster has a lot of different colors; they all smell different. They, some of them do different things. Now how you know if they do different things, you see how this top is matching the jar. So this is a green top green jar. They also have another one that has like a black jar and a white top, not sure i'll leave a picture. If i can, the other one um is like a hold, but i think they have different numbers on them. This one is maximum hold you'll know because the jar has the matching top to it. It'S the same color. So when you open these up, these are usually black um. The other ones are clear gels. This one is a black gel, so the other ones that are like a black jar or black top. Whatever those are going to be like a clear gel, this one is maximum hold, it says lasting shape style and shine shine for thick and coarse hair. Now definitely this definitely works for coarse hair. Now, what i will say is it will leave a white cast. Sometimes i feel like the newer, the jar, the less likely it will leave a white cast, but from me using this and getting down a little bit to it. It'S not holding like it needs to definitely can use this as an edge control, but i would follow up with maybe a mousse after or some spritz just to hold down the style so that it won't leave a white cast because this edge control. I feel like definitely leaves a white cast on the ingredients in here. Oh rub, i smell my own hands and apply evenly throughout wearing right here before styling. What i will say is, i have used this on my hair to do like a slick, ponytail and my hair was like maybe like blown out, so my hair was semi stretched out. So when i went ahead and used this to like really slick it down, it really looked like my hair was straightened, but it did look like i had like a lot of it looked like i had gel in my hair. If that makes sense like it didn't leave a white cast, but it definitely looked. Look like i had gel in my hair, so i would just be wary of this um. I think it mixes pretty well with water and it'll, give you um an extra hold. This is what works on my hair. I have not done that on a client just on myself. I have mixed this with water and just went ahead and slicked out my hair, and it definitely will hold okay, so the ingredients. The first ingredient, of course, is water. Um, it says it has castor oil in it and that's the only other oil beeswax beeswax is beeswax and caramel. These are the two things that are probably making this product extra, not sticky, but tacky enough to where it's leaving a hold on it. So beeswax definitely caramel. Definitely so this probably was given that that extra hold. So i hope this video was helpful um. These are all my tips that i have on these gels when i use when braiding make sure you like comment and subscribe, and let me know what else you guys want to see in the comments down below. I do want to do another video where i go over braiding hair and the best ones to the worst ones, how i like using them, which ones you should buy waste your money on honey. I give you tea, so just leave a comment down below. Let me know if you want to see that video i'll see you in the next one